Wolf's Den

The Forest for the Trees...

Your outrage is manufactured.

And you don't even realize it.

You're told that kneeling during the national anthem, to bring attention to the fact that the very police force that is supposed to protect all Americans, is instead killing people of color, is disrespectful. That NFL teams not coming out during the anthem is disrespectful. You're told to be angry about this, blindly, without thinking it through. And you get outraged.

Your outrage is manufactured.

You're told Black Lives Matter, Antifa and counter protesters to white supremacists, neo-nazis and their ilk is wrong, that they are terrorist groups, that all they do is riot. That they hate you, the police, and so on. That they want to erase history. You're told to be angry. You do no research on your own. You get outraged.

There are American citizens *right now* without power, running water, communications, in many areas, even without food, battling flooding waters and little to no shelter. The president all but ignores them in favor of complaining about NFL players, antagonizing North Korea with senseless threats, claiming our history is being destroyed when another statue comes down and ranting about nonexistent Clinton stories. They tell you to be angry about *those* things, but not the hurricane ravaged areas, particularly the islands (or the recentchurch shooting), and so you are outraged.